BRUSSELS: The EU is confident of "stability and continuity" in Germany despite the collapse of talks to form a coalition government, leaving Chancellor Angela Merkel scrambling to save the country from crisis.

Europe's biggest economy faces snap elections or months of paralysis under a lame duck government after Merkel's efforts to marshal a ruling coalition failed despite more than a month of tough negotiations.

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